Intrinsic horizontal connections process global tactile features in the primary somatosensory cortex: Neuroanatomical evidence

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2798-2817

  Négyessy, László ^a,b   Pálfi, Emese ^a,b   Ashaber, Mária ^a,b   Palmer, Cory ^c   Jákli, Balázs ^d   Friedman, Robert M ^e   Chen, Li M ^e   Roe, Anna W ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger pad; Optical imaging; Primate; Touch; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRODMANN AREA 3B; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION; TOUCH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FINGERS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SAIMIRI; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 84879260569     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23317     Document Type: Article

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